New Look

New Look ~ Sungjin x Reader one shot

Walking out of the hairdressers feeling conscious about yourself, you kept your head hanging low as you began the journey to walk home. You were quite worried about what your boyfriend would think when he saw the state of you coming through the door. This is almost every girl's nightmare when trying a new hairdresser...

'Oh God, it's too short!'

You had fancied a literal chop and change for your look and decided upon a haircut as your hair was starting to feel manageable and unnecessarily hard work every morning. Unfortunately though, when you rang in for an appointment with your usual hairdresser, she had no slots available when you were for the next couple of weeks, so you had decided to settle for someone else.

Bad idea.

You pull your hood up over your head, thankful in your choice of jacket today and brisk walked home before you could bump into anyone you recognised... With a little luck, judging from the time as you glance at you watch, you might just be able to make it home before Sungjin and make at least a couple of sad attempts to make the situation better with the aid of hair product... a lot of hair product.

Storming into the house after missing the keyhole about three times, you head straight for the stairs and into your little back of tricks. You've got mousse, hairspray, the works. Time for a quick shower, you figure, so that you can put these babies into action. With a little more luck, you can tease your hair into having a more desirable shape than this flat old bob cut you've been given.

You shower, you dry, you start your little fixing session. Perhaps it won't be all that bad. Maybe with a certain type of presentation, this might actually work for you... Trying everything you can possibly think of, you feel thankful that hair does grow back... eventually.

The curlers seem to be your best friend as you make some loose waves that sit near your face in a complimentary way and thanks to the shower and the mousse, your hair now has that much needed volume to really turn the situation around.

'Actually, I look... kinda nice.'

In a much more calm mood now, you proceed to go about some daily chores such as washing up the pots and putting back a couple of misplaced items. You're just plumping out the living room cushions as you hear the slam of the front door.

"I'm in here!" you call out from the living room, making sure everything is in its just place.

"Hi hun!" Sungjin calls out, just about to come through into the same room. He shuts the door behind him as you reply.

"Hey sweet, how was work today?" you smile.

"Yeah, it was great I..." For some reason, Sungjin stops in his tracks as he turns around and you fill with dread.

Was the new hairstyle that bad? Had you just tricked yourself into thinking this looked good, that this suited you, because you'd looked at it for way too long in the mirror?

"Oh God, it's bad, isn't it?" Covering your face with both your hands, you wince a little as Sungjin's eyes examine you.

"No!" he exclaims a little too quickly before composing himself. "No... Actually, you look good" he smiles coyly, looking down at the floor awkwardly, grinning from ear to ear.

You aren't sure whether this is a serious response or an amused one in which he is trying to conceal his laughter.

"Oh God, please don't lie to me... It's awful, right?" You throw your head back to express your frustration.

"It's not awful! Actually it's kinda..." He pauses, and you're just expecting some other negative word to follow, just more mild than the one you used to describe your short hair.